De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

M&A and Private Equity

Partner (M&A and Private Equity)

Expertise:

Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Corporate Advisory & Corporate Governance

Claudia is a corporate M&A lawyer focusing on private equity transactions. Claudia has built a strong track record in private equity transactions for Benelux and international PE clients in mid-market and large cap transactions across a broad range of sectors, including retail, technology and renewable energy. She has extensive experience in competitive sell-side processes, leveraged buyouts, minority investments and complex carve-outs. She is praised by clients for her hands-on approach, combined with her strategic mindset. Claudia is a key member of the firm’s Private Equity practice.

Claudia has been ranked as a "Rising Star" in Private Equity by Legal500.

Claudia's recent work includes advising:

• Parcom on the sale of Climate for Life group to NIBE for EUR 640 million
• Parcom on the acquisition of Just Brands
• Parcom on the acquisition of Hunkemöller from Carlyle
• Group of Butchers on the acquisitions of: (i) De Menken Keuken from De Hoge Dennen, and (ii) De Keyser from Bencis
• Egeria on their majority investment in Fletcher Hotels
• Ahold Delhaize on the acquisition of Deen Supermarkten
• Synthon on the sale of Synthon to BC Partners
• Alliance Data Systems Corporation on the sale of loyalty analytics platform Precima
• Rivean on their majority investment in the Eichholtz Group
• Parcom on the sale of Viroclinics Biosciences to Summit Partners
• eVision on the sale of eVision to WoltersKluwer
• Royal Vopak on its investment in an LNG-terminal in Pakistan
• Bunge Limited on the acquisition of IOI Loders Croklaan
• Parcom on the acquisition of Euroma

Dutch, English, Spanish

Erasmus School of Law Rotterdam

University of Pretoria South-Africa

VU University Amsterdam

NYU School of Law